26/07/2012

CodeProject When ever we need to create a grid in MVC 3, we often end up with Telerik grids, due to awesome features and support. But you need to have a licensed version of controls.
What if you don't have license for it and you have to create a Gridview of your own, like below.

Its very simple, and all you need to create is a little Html, JQuery and supporting Action Methods.
Lets see how . . .

14/07/2012

CodeProject
In this post we will see how to create a our own WEB API service and will consume it in client using JQuery.
This is the UI i am planning to create, which in-turn talk to a ASP.NET WEB API Service for rendering data. We need to create a API Service and an Application consuming it.

13/07/2012

ASP.NET WEB API:
It is a framework for building and consuming HTTP
services that can reach a broad range of clients including browsers and
mobile devices. It’s also a great platform for building RESTful
services. ASP.NET Web API takes the best features
from WCF Web API and merges them with the best features from MVC.
Even before touching code, we need to know why WEB API?

OData defines an abstract data model and a protocol that let any client
access information exposed by any data source. Figure 1 shows some of
the most important examples of clients and data sources, illustrating
where OData fits in the picture.

Before going into more details , first look into below videos explaining What and Why.